The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-18
THE MINERS STRIKE
IN THE 1KI,ten COAL nRoIos.
dreat Distress Among tho Families OF the
ssriksrs--Troabis Anticipated from
tho Anarchist Eiement--precau. n.
w tions Taken b. tho Authorities.

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effects Of tho great coal strike are iaat be.
coming visible. All kinds OF business Is
terribly depressed while many OF the small
stores are closed. The saloons, particu.
larly those which transact on unscrupul.
oualy vile trade, sppear to be tho only
concerns doing any business. Tho low
srossezles arc rapidly becoming the head
quartora of ths desperate characiors who
usually put In an appsarancs whom coal
mining interests are shocked BY a strike.
Freelana, which has always been the
rendezvous oil alawlsss body OF Hunpar-
ians, Italians, Slavanish and Polish ruff
fans, iB at present crowded with evil
gpirits. Those wicked ioraignera openlv
defy the authorities and the regularly con-.
etituted constabulary finds pispty 10 do
frustrating the law breaking echemes con-
cooted by tho crooka. F,n1FIIP 7IU =
The announcement msde by the agenis
Of the LehiQh Goal and Navigation Com.
pany that all the company's works will bs
stopped Tor one year unless the strikers
return to work by the Goth mat, has
created much excitement In Panther VAL
Icy district and elsewhere in the Lehigh
region, but there 10 little possibility Of any
Of the operatives Of the company returning
to work. The Lshigh operators are still
actively corresponding with labor buroerp
in Now York, Philadelphia, Boston and
Baltimore. and strong efforts are beirg
made to obtain laborers to run collieries.
but all those schemes arc futile. It Is re.
ported that somo mining firms are on
deavoring to employ Cinnamon, but the
story lacks confirmation. All sd q N. s.I
While the mine masters, coal ehippsre
and railroad managers arc getting fat and
sleek through immense profits the eitua-
tion in the mining centres has reached
dep!orable point. A tour through the
outlying disrlcts shows that des,itution,.
misery and suffering prevails to Bit alarm
Ing extent. In Hungarian, Polish and
Slavonian settlements, relief committees
have Uncovered many families actually
suaering for the bago necessities OF lifo.
There 10 also much sickness in some places
ana the relief men and physicians are
kept busy. 5l ~ 49, . ,7
Aa there ia an excellent prospect Of the
strike extending to the Wyoming and
"sAa anna AeStoAo NY tub ClO5O OIL the
present month, tho outlook for the general
coal trade is exceedingly dark aud dis
couragins. The individual operators who
are completely at the mercy OF tho monop.
oliats are apprehonsiye that their business
will be utterly ruined. What, with en-
forced suppression Of movements, ecs1ci,y
ofcars and otherabnaes they sresubjccted
to by the coal syndicate, the lot OF indirid-
nal operators and shippers is hard one
indeed. The Anarchist element is evinc.
Ing q strong disposition to start revolu.
tion. - a y - lgl'l' s1.}7 ~ s57s ~ Z
The followers OF the red flag have held
several largely attended meetings, and The
hasangues Of the long-haired and wild.
eyed agitators have beon Of character
calculated to inspire the average Ana.ch-
lat with terrible feeling of revenge. The
Anarchist leaders advocate the killing Of
the coal kings, the blowing up OF minen
and the burning up OF colliery properly.
Tho argus.eysd detectives employed by
the coal men attend all these gather
ings, and the proceedings arc carefully
noted down. The leading Anarchists are
constantly shadowed, and upon the irst
indication Of an open rebellion of any
kind the a.ch-conspirators will be scoopsd
in and jailed. y M IA !,